ENV 320W Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Washing Machine
19 Nov 2017
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People or penguins: the case for optimal pollution. Ddt in food production damages penguin population (assume scientific fact: criteria are oriented to people (environmental problems will be people-oriented) Ought to respect balance of nature or preserve environment only if benefit man. Right or morally correct state of nature to return is not realistic. No normative definition of natural state except by reference to the needs of man i. e. pollution= when air is harmful to human. First step toward environmental problem solution: recognize not clean air but optimal pollution, level of pollution for max human satisfaction, lower pollution compromises food, shelter, jobs, etc, resources are vital vs dollars are trivial. Assume pollution as a good: trade-offs occur i. e. give up 1 washing machine to divert to pollution control, assumes we measure human satisfaction by different types of goods, but useful to understand target.
